FSS and distance to target

[Toasty]

2 requests.

1st one. perhaps this has been suggested before, if so my apologies.

i'd like to see a distance to target measurement from within the FSS. So, when you zoom in on say a signal source that it displays somewhere within that screen how many LS from your current position it is (seeing that you're static anyway when using it)

2nd one. I'd love for the FSS to automatically discover all signal sources on honk. i find it somewhat laborious to go through an enormous list of clutter to find planets. While the zoom in on planet to discover it is fine, it's a pain to discover all signal sources when you're in a busy system.

that is all.

 

[varonica]

2 requests.

1st one. perhaps this has been suggested before, if so my apologies.

i'd like to see a distance to target measurement from within the FSS. So, when you zoom in on say a signal source that it displays somewhere within that screen how many LS from your current position it is (seeing that you're static anyway when using it)

It already does, left hand side of the FSS screen. Now it's bugged at the moment so it doesn't always display when zoomed in, but if you centre the blue blob of the signal source in the circle and tune in it tells you in the FSS screen with a reading on the left that tells you distance, and if it's a planet or other type of body the temperature.

2nd one. I'd love for the FSS to automatically discover all signal sources on honk. i find it somewhat laborious to go through an enormous list of clutter to find planets. While the zoom in on planet to discover it is fine, it's a pain to discover all signal sources when you're in a busy system.

that is all.

The point of the FSS is to map the signal sources in the system, both planets, moons, USS's and others, it does actually find all signal sources, you just need to tune them in to find out more information about them, I'm not sure where you are coming from with this one. You want it to find, tune in and identify them without you doing anything? Is that it? There's not an enormous list of clutter really, if you tune on the tuner for planets the arrows will appear for planets and not other stuff unless you are down that end of the tuner. Don't put your tuner over a blue blob and then tune, that's time wasting, tune it to the area where the planets are and ignore the USS's and asteroids if you don't want them, then follow the arrows as you scroll along the orbital plane.

 

[Para Handy]

.... as regards the second request...

The FSS already goes half-way in this. If you tune to the SS frequency all the blobs for that show solid circles so you can just swing to them in turn. Furthermore, if you zoom in to a gas giant for example then the SSs for associated RESs and CZs are resolved automatically. So I don't think further automation is necessary.